My favorite traditional foods in my country

Indonesia is divided in 33 provinces, every province has traditional foods. Most of foods taste spicy. i know not all of people love to eat spicy foods. But i trust if u have tasted once u would add it more, more and more. My favorite traditional foods are pempek. okay guys, let me tell you all about my favorite foods. Pempek is delicacy from Palembang, South Sumatera. It is made of fish and sago flours and served with dark rich sauce called cuko. Cuko is made from brown sugar, chili pepper, garlic, venegar and salt to boiling water. Pempek does not taste spicy but Cuko tastes spicy. it is nice mix. This is the picture of Pempek.

it tastes delicious :), lets try guys



the Ingredients of Pempek :

1.  Fish Cake
   ž- 250 gram flesh of Spanish mackerels, grinded

   ž- 5 tablespoons ice water

   ž- 100 g tapioca flour or sago flour

   ž- 20 g plain flour

   ž- 1 teaspoon salt

   žSoup (Cuko)

   ž- 125 g palm sugar

   ž- 1 cloves of garlic, crushed/smashed

   ž- 2 bird's eyes chilies cut thinly

   ž- 1/2 teaspoon salt

   ž- 1 tablespoons of tamarind (depend how sour you want the soup is)

   ž- 250 ml water
2. How to make Pempek :

• Grind the fish fillet. Then add ice water and salt. Mix them well.
• Then gradually add all the flours into the fish mixture until it doesn't stick anymore and you can easily shape it. Then shape pempek  as you wish (usually long and round). Then deep fry and set aside.
• Make the soup (cuko): boil the water with tamarind and palm sugar until sugar is dissolved. Filter, and then add the garlic, chilies and salt. Continue cooking for 3-5 minutes.
• Serving: place the pempek  in plate (you can cut into small pieces), add the noodle and then pour with the soup. Garnish with the cucumber. Some people like to add ebi  (grinded dried shrimp).